Railway-rail stay.



W. H. COTTON & T. D, HENDERSON.'

RAILWAY RAIL STAY. APPIIOATION FILED AUG. 2D, 1906.

905,988. Patented Den. 8, i908.

WALTER n. c'OrroN AND 'rno'inisj'n HENDERSON, or` onIcAeo r` n j QRAIiiwnr-iirrn STAY..

following is a speciiication, and which` are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof. j

, The invention relates to `thatjclass of devicesfwhich are adapted to anchor a railway rail and prevent its longitinlinal1 creeping;

itsobject being to secure ahigherdegree oi eflicrency than has thus 'tar been attainable this class of devices.

' wayrail showing the stay 1n elevationgmFig; 2

The invention consists in the device here- Speccatio'n of Letters Patent. Application filed-August U, 1906. Serial No. 331,402. i

inatte'r described and which isfillustrated in l I l Y.

the accompanying drawings, in which- `F1gure`1 1s' a transverse section ot 'a railetail plan view of the rail'and'oi ay rail- 4 j Y, ltieand oit' the stay; Fig-.B is a sectional viewfon the line 3-53 Oi Fig. 1, the ilangc of the rail being omitted Fig. 4 is an end view of one of the-members ofthe stav'; Fig. a detail plan .of a railway track with a stay apis a,

jpl-iedv thereto, .and showing a inodiiied forni of construction 3 Fig. 6 is a s'egtional detail showing a modiiied forni ol one member of the stay. j

wA railway rail of Ordinary form is repreysentedjat 10, and as being attachedto a rail- Way tie 1 1. T he principal member 12 ol'A the stay comprises a body portion 13 ywhich. ex-

tends transversely across the under face oi' the 'railf1(), a hook 14 at one end adapted to v,engage/the edge of the foot 'flange oi' the rail, aliook 16 at the-.oppositeeiid of the bod portion for engaging a iiller block adapted ti t against the edge ot the i'oot iiange or" the rail, and a lateral tie-engaging extensionfl projecting from one' end of the bodyp'ortion, as shown adjacent the hook 141,y The tie-'engaging 'lace of this extension 15 is rounded. for the purpose of insuring a suitable bearlng upon the tie, whatever angle the body portion 13 may -as-Sume.- l p The iiller block 17 interposed betweenlhe hook 16 and the edge oi theirail ilange, is

preieral )lylongitudinally channeled, as shown at 18, for better engaging the rail, and its outer face is stepped, as shown at 22, 23, 24 and 25, to adapt the device for use in con 'cept the lowest, constituf against which the'memh when seated upon the similar stop lshoulder 2Q, 'operate with the hig-hes'tl's block serves the primar ing for the convenienV double hook stay mein is obvious that it needn t a plurality ci steps if th use in connection with .ai i

The iiller block 17 is!A by any suitable means f A y illustrated in Figs. 1, 2pI gjfslg'l plished by means of a edldo'y jecting through a lug 1.9vi ,e member 17, and'having iookj positeend iorengagingth `30, running on the threat forces the member 17 fir if, i of the rail tiange and se dental displacement. shown as comprising a w being folded over tliewtop I and loaclriiardlyagainstne-' eft The stay is placed a. tie towards `which the r Any movement oi the ra the grip of the stay upo sure boing applied ad] causing the latter tosligliok the rail, the meinberjlf"` il 't1 fr filler block 17 and he of the stay u pon the nail that relative moveinent bldc ble,this grip increasing strain upon the rail incrl bearing faces ofthe ste are parallel with the 'e giel and the thickness of this fille 'nred through the step an easy though snug iit of the stay up rail is secured inthe initialassemblin ,waterige bloei asrrieastta' stop shoulder of the.` fille' Wg w'hic, gages the stay member' 2' =ve ts ter from moving backw the,Y

nection with rails of differing size, the lowest l as shown at 33,' thereby forming a pair 'of step being adjacent the tie. Each step, exjaws which engage, respectively, the` upper and lower surface of the rail flange. When this form of construction is em loyed, the hook recess is preferably sufficiently contracted so that the hook must be driven up upon the flange, slightly spreading its jaws. This form of hook is of great strengthI and will firmly grip thel rail without indenting it. In the form of construction shown in' Fig. 5, the hook bolt 2() gives place to a tie-rod 26 common to two clamping devices, one on each of the rails of the tie, the nut bein used as in c'onnection with the/bolt 20 an ,clips 27, running on the rod 26, enga -ing the inner edge of each rail flange an being forced against the saine by nuts 28 in thread-A" ed engagement with the rod. The rod 26 in this instance serves Vas means for preventing the rails from spreading.

We claim as our mvent1onl. ln a rail stay, in combination, a rail-en- V gagingmember having both ends upturned and having a lateral tie-engaging projection and being of greater length than the Width of the rail with which it is adapted to coperate, aillling block adapted to be interposed between the lrail and one of the upturned ends of such member'and having a stop for preventing movement of such mem-ber relatively as to the rail away from the tie, and means for anchoring the filling block to the rail,

2. In a rail stay, in combination, a member having opposed end alutments and being ladapted to cross the underside of a rail and to have a tie bearing at one end only, and a shouldered filler block for insertion between 'the rail flange and the abutment remote from the tie-bearing and forming a pivotal bearing for the first-named member, the bearing faces of the block being parallel.

3'. In a rail stay, in combination, a member having opposed end abutnients and being adapted to cross theunder side of a rail and to have a tie-bearing at one end only, a filler block foi' insertion between. the rail flange and the abutment remote from the tie-bearing and forming a pivotal bearing for the first-named member, and having a stop shoulder for preventing lateral' movement thereof.

Al. In a rail stay, in combination, a member having'opposed end abutments and being adapted to cross the under side of a rail and to have a tie-bearing at one end only, a filler block for insertion etween the rail flange and the abutment remote from the tie-bearing and forming a pivotalbearing for the first-named member and having a stop shoulder for preventing lateral movement thereof, and means for securing the filler block to the rail.-

5. In a rail stay, in combination, a member having opposed end abutments and being adapted to cross the under side of a rail and to have a tie-bearing at one end only, a filler block for insertion between the rail flange and the abutment remote from the tie-bearing and forming a pivotal bearing for' the first-named member and having a stop shoulder for preventing lateral movement thereof, and a member havin relatively ad-v justable opposed abutments or binding together the rail flange and the filler block:l

-6. In a rail Stay, in combination, a double abutment member adapted to cross the underside of a rail and to engage its flange by one abutment, a filler block for engaging the otherl abutment and the opposite railflange and having a depending -apertu'red lug, a bolt passing through such lug and engaging the opposite rail flange, and a nut running on thebolt and bearing on the outer face of the filling block.

7. In a rail stay, incombination, a bar having upturned ends and a tie-engaging for engaging the bar at its opposite end, and means independent of the bar for anchoring the block to the rail and'being wholly eX- terior to the rail.

8. In a rail stay, in combination," a bar having upturned .ends and a tie-engaging projection adjacent one end, of a filler block adapted to fit between the rail and the upturned end ofthe bar remote from the projection, and having a shoulder for engaging the side of the bar remote from the tie, the bearing faces of the block being parallel.v

9. In a rail stay, in combination, a bail having upturned ends and a tie-engaging projection adjacent one end, of a filler block adapted to fit between the rail and the -up'- turned end of the'bar remote from the projection and having a shoulder for engaging the side of the bar remote from the tie, the

bearing faces of the block being parallel, *andl I means ,independent of the bar for securing a. a, ...M 

